16 Facts About Jamus Lim

Jamus Jerome Lim Chee Wui is a Singaporean politician, economist and associate professor.

Jamus Lim has been Deputy Head of Policy Research since 2020 and President of the Youth Wing since 2024 of the party's Central Executive Committee.

Jamus Lim attended Catholic High School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College as part of his early education in Singapore.

Jamus Lim was a service medic in the Singapore Armed Forces during his National Service.

Jamus Lim graduated from the University of Southern Queensland in 1998 with a Bachelor of Business degree in economics.

Jamus Lim then obtained a Master of Science degree in economics from the London School of Economics in 2000, and went on to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he graduated in 2006 with a Master of Arts degree in politics and a PhD in international economics.

In 2018, Jamus Lim graduated from Harvard Extension School with a Master of Liberal Arts degree in history.

Jamus Lim started his career at JP Morgan, before working at the World Bank for seven years, from 2007 to 2014, serving in its Development Prospects Group and specialising in long-term macroeconomic projections.

Jamus Lim was an economist at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Jamus Lim is an associate professor of economics at ESSEC Business School in Singapore.

On 23 July 2020, Jamus Lim was elected to the council of the Economic Society of Singapore.

Jamus Lim became a member of the Workers' Party in September 2019, having previously volunteered in the party's grassroots activities.

On 1 July 2020, Jamus Lim engaged in a televised political debate with Francis Yuen of the Progress Singapore Party, Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party and Minister Vivian Balakrishnan of the governing People's Action Party.

On 3 September 2020, Jamus Lim gave his maiden speech in Parliament.

Jamus Lim asserted that there was "insufficient compassion in our policymaking process" and proposed that Singapore could implement a "simple, across-the-board minimum wage".

On 27 December 2020, Jamus Lim was elected as Deputy Head of the Policy Research Team of the WP's Central Executive Committee.